law & crime

Former Iowa Jailer Had Sex with Inmate Multiple Times in Utility Closet and Recreation Yard: Authorities 1 August 2022 A former jail employee in Iowa was arrested and charged with multiple crimes for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate that lasted for several months. Kayla...

State Trooper Arrested Twice This Week for ‘Approximately’ 40 Domestic Assaults and ‘Numerous’ Threats to Kill a Woman: Authorities 4 August 2022 A Connecticut state trooper who allegedly served in the Army was arrested twice this week over what court paperwork describes as multiple incidents...

‘Senseless and Selfish’: Former Jail Deputy Gets 20 Years for Killing and Trying to Decapitate His Wife 7 July 2022 A former member of law enforcement in Ohio has been sentenced to decades in prison for the gruesome death and attempted decapitation of his wife. Wilford Jenkins III, 49...

Elderly Sheriff’s Deputy in Georgia Raped a Woman in Her Home While on Duty and in Uniform: Authorities 1 June 2022 An elderly sheriff’s deputy in Georgia is accused of raping a woman at her home while he was on duty and in uniform. Deputy Jerry W. Glover—who has since been fired—was...

Friona, Texas, police officer & boytoy Delia Ruiz Former Texas Cop Sentenced After Admitting to Having Sex with Multiple Teen Boys 3 June 2022 A former Texas police officer will spend the next two decades behind bars for sexually assaulting “at least” two teenage boys, federal prosecutors...

Former Georgia School Resource Officer Indicted for Allegedly Producing Child Pornography 11 May 2022 An ex-cop and school resource officer in Georgia has been indicted on federal charges of producing and possessing child sexual assault material, according to the U.S. Department of Justice...

Judge Tells Indianapolis Cop Charged with Grabbing Suspect’s Genitals to Go Downtown, Get Booked and Photographed Like Any Other Defendant 31 March 2022 A suspended Indianapolis police officer appeared in court virtually on Thursday morning to hear a list of charges that he grabbed a man’s...

Police Chief ‘Appalled’ After On-Duty Police Officer Is Accused of Raping 20-Year-Old Woman Who Was ‘Incapable of Giving Consent’ 9 March 2022 A Kansas police officer was kicked off the force and taken into custody after a young woman came forward to accuse him of raping her several years...

Texas Man Got Caught Trying to Abuse Minor Over Snapchat Days Before He Was Scheduled to Start Work as Jail Guard: Deputies 7 March 2022 A young Texas man had been planning to show up to jail Monday as a new guard. Instead, his would-be colleagues locked him up as an alleged sexual predator...

Shelby County, Tennessee, rapist sheriff's deputy Brian O. Beck Judge Allows Former Deputy Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl to Avoid Prison and Sex Offender Status 4 March 2022 After striking a plea deal with prosecutors, a onetime Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who was accused of repeatedly...

Ex-Cop Convicted of Murdering His Wife Days After She Asked Judge to Vacate a No-Contact Order 28 February 2022 A former Georgia police officer who reported his wife had died by suicide just days after his arrest for domestic battery has been convicted of murder. Michael Seth Perrault, 45...

Jury Takes 15 Minutes to Convict Miami Cop of Sexually Assaulting Underage Family Member, 8, at Gunpoint 11 February 2022 A former lieutenant with the Miami-Dade Police Department accused of molesting an underage family member at gunpoint is now facing up to 48 years in prison after jurors...

Sheriff Wanted on Sexual Battery Charge Isn’t Under Arrest Because He’s ‘Participating in A Church-Sponsored Mission Trip’ Out of State: Deputies 4 February 2022 A Georgia sheriff is wanted on sexual battery charges for allegedly groping a judge’s breast at a hotel bar late last month, but...

‘What Are You Gonna Do for Me if I Let You Go?’: Cop Accused of Trying to Make Homeless Woman ‘Touch His Penis’ in Dark Alley 3 February 2022 A police officer in Florida found himself on the other side of the law after he allegedly tried to force a homeless woman to perform oral sex on him in...

Civil Rights Suit Filed by Family of Black Teen Who Died in Police Custody Advances: Derek Chauvin’s Expert Is One of the Defendants 19 January 2022 Long before George Floyd’s murder sparked international attention to dangers of what is known as the prone position—the form of police restraint...

Former Sheriff’s Deputy Sexually Abused Male Relatives, Told 8-Year-Old Boy He ‘Might’ Grow Up to ‘Be A Porn Star’ Some Day: Authorities 15 December 2021 A former Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged with a series of crimes in connection with alleged child sex assaults —...

Federal Appeals Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Police Officer Who Shot Service Dogs 15 November 2021 The lawsuit against a Minneapolis police officer who shot two service dogs in their owners’ backyard can continue, after a federal appeals court said Monday that the officer cannot claim...

Michael Justin Mims previously worked as a full-time Special DUI Prosecutor for the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. ‘I Guess Ted Bundy Was a Nice Guy, Too’: Attorney Horrified by DUI Prosecutor’s Alleged ‘Torture’ of Family 25 October 2021 A now-former South Carolina prosecutor is facing...

Former Minneapolis Cop Mohamed Noor Re-Sentenced to Prison for Shooting Innocent Woman Who Called 911 21 October 2021 A Minnesota judge on Thursday re-sentenced a convicted police officer to 57 months behind bars — the maximum possible punishment — in the shooting and killing of a woman who...

Jeffrey Overton Arizona Police Broke into Unarmed Schizophrenic Woman’s Home with Guns Drawn and Tased Her in Her Own Bedroom: Lawsuit 29 September 2021 A trio of police officers in Arizona broke into the home of a woman they knew was mentally ill, held her at gunpoint, and tased her while...